Ear Gauging Rant

[sneakerd]

Wonderful example of course. At the airport- we need to PROFILE. I don't like it when someone implies that I can't use a term or a certain word because it -might- offend someone. The n-word is a perfectly understandable example of an offensive term.
Retard? Come-on, I think we've all said it. We all know what we mean by it and it has nothing to do with the "mentally challenged".

[brutal]

Wonderful example of course. At the airport- we need to PROFILE. I don't like it when someone implies that I can't use a term or a certain word because it -might- offend someone. The n-word is a perfectly understandable example of an offensive term.
Retard? Come-on, I think we've all said it. We all know what me mean by it and it has nothing to do with the "mentally challenged".

Right or wrong, I often find myself using the word "'tard" in close company and I had a Mentally Retarded uncle when I was growing up. Cool dude unless he was drunk, then that fucker got mean.

[ray1970]

Retard? Come-on, I think we've all said it. We all know what me mean by it and it has nothing to do with the "mentally challenged".

Actually, I think we use it as a direct reference to someone who is "mentally challenged".